“HTC Corp sued Apple Inc, claiming infringement of three patents through Apple’s sale of Macintosh computers, iPads, iPods, iPhones and other devices,” Jonathan Stempel, Sinead Carew, and Tom Hals report for Reuters.
“The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Delaware seeks to halt Apple’s importation and sale of infringing products in the United States,” Stempel, Carew, and Hals report. “It also seeks compensatory damages, triple damages for willful infringement and other remedies.”
Stempel, Carew, and Hals report, “According to its complaint, HTC obtained the patents that it believes Apple is infringing in 2008 and 2010… The case is HTC Corp v. Apple Inc, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware, No. 11-00715.”
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What are these patents. They got one for wiring mp3 devices or something?
I am going to submit for a patent for a molecule that can be gaseous, fluid and solid based on the temperature and pressure it is in, It only takes 2 types of atoms to make it. I call it water!
Ok, for my next patent, it could be for a sloping plain that is wrapped around an axis that could be turned by hand or tool to pull or push itself into a surface or device. I call it a screw!
This is easy. I could be in court every day with just these two.
Who has the patent for air? How about wood? Rocks? Sand? …
Don’t know about the others, but the Tea Party owns rocks and sand.
Demotards own s**t for brains. Patent owned and utilized to the max for a good 40 years now.
The stupidity of the libtards are on display everyday. Just pick any quote from Mensa members; Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, or America s favorite nitwit, Joe Biden
You might as well add yourself to the list – takes one to know one.
Apparently it takes at least two – they have to verbally reinforce each other’s beliefs using established derogatory labels for the “enemy.”
After that point, the absolute certainty distortion field (ACDF) appears to propagate rapidly to various media outlets.
Might as well include the two leftards above Castelbuono & Kingmel. Aren’t you guys going to resort to established typical cheap and disingenuous LibtardIian vacuous argument techniques and call someone racist? Take a look in the mirror pal. You may not like what you see. The truth lies somewhere in between.
And now back to Apple news & views…
Wow Tech — that was hilarious. Made my day. 🙂
@kingmel
You mean in the manner of that illustrious trio, Wow Tech, castelbuono and kingmel? Honestly, so soporific. That is so beneath my expectations of you.
Wow, seriously? Did you have to talk about politics? And on this topic? You realize that you’re just being a troll who likes to start polical propaganda right?
Ok, this is just getting stupider and stupider…
HTC is beginning to sound really desperate.
Hey Al-Qaeda, bomb HTC so we can stop the HTC vs Apple patent wars, yeah? Thank you.
Allen, you can locked up in some countries for saying that. UK…. riots… facebook….
read the abstracts for the patents. Two talk of transmitting tones… modulated by data….. Is this analog signals??? I thought digital data was sent digitally??
??
All “digital” signals are in fact analog signals. Ask any electronics engineer.
Patent Wars
Obtained patents? Where’s the innovation?
yeah because there were plenty of HTC and other ‘touch’ devices out there long before Apple came along. Can I PLEASE play judge one day when these lawsuits come in. I’d like to lift my robe and violently wipe my @$$ with them, throw them into the blank faces of the lawyers and yell “NEXT”
i would LOVE it!.
Lmao!
Frivolous claims should be sanctioned and penalized.
I need to go back to law school
Why am I not a patent attorney
Hey! Where is the MDN comment. This should be a doozy!
It’s a legal matter; maybe MDN is content giving the judicial system the benefit of doubt of reaching the correct decision in a logical and legal manner.
Unless they are legal experts themselves and/or are intimately aware of these patents and their actual/alleged infringements, maybe not offering any opinions is the right way about it then.
When has that stopped MDN before?
Plenty of times.
Keep an eye on the times they refrain from offering any legal opinions, you might see a pattern.
Not enough O’s in Stoopid to describe HTC.
All you fanboys.
1. Apple sues for patent infringement, anytime they do: it’s justified and good!
2. Anybody sues Apple for patent infringement: they’re desperate losers who should die.
You’re all idiots.
hey douche…it’s called Apple innovates, other companies compensate becasue Apple owns all..
I would put Apples motives and justifiable patent suits WAAAY above any of these other dubious poorly run companies, especially Google. Apple only wants what’s rightfully their’s to enforce. You simplify it too much though many will rally enthusiastically to Apple’s defense and can you blame them? Apple has has to suffer a lot of unearned slings and arrows in the past and now their rightful day has come. And they have the financial wherewithal to protect their interests. And they are not alone or the only company doing so. (That’s like finding fault with a Mother protecting her young.)
Regarding comment #2, you are absolutely right!!
Pretty much nailed it, although the penalty for #2 is a bit harsh.
1. Apple sues for patent infringement in order to stop morally, creatively bankrupt assholes from stealing the designs of ther products.
2. Morally, creatively bankrupt assholes desperately counter sue Apple for patent infringement in an attempt to protect themselves so that they might continue to steal the designs of Apple’s products.
Difference? Yes, and it’s a big one. How did it manage to fly over your head?
@fdssdfa
You might want to factor in merit when comparing/contrasting a company’s litigation record.
And you might want to consider toning down your ad hominem rhetoric if you want to be taken seriously.
BTW what does fdssdfa stand for?
Apple can sue to protect their patents, but others can’t…?
1. You need to re-examine the word Fanboy.
2. If you type what you just wrote on YouTube, nobody will agree with you. Deal with it.
There are so many patents that sometimes there are things so vague that it would prove close to impossible finding out if a patent exists. Once you start talking about analog sounds and things, who would know what to even look for of all patents issued?
If Apple finds that there is a patent on what they are doing, they will pay the licensing fees and we’ll probably never hear about it again.
We don’t even know what patents are supposedly being violated at this point. It could be a play by HTC, or it could be that Apple is violating these patents. Just not enough info on this one yet.
HTC is simply jostling for patent negotiating position knowing they are about to get their clock cleaned by Apple. It’s all desperation. I love how these companies have no problem infringing and then the panic sets in once they are called on the carpet. For many companies, it’s infringe first, ask questions and take yer chances later.
yes the “better to counter-sue when caught, than pay licensing fees up front” policy.
it’s the corporate take on it’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission rule
So HTC obtained these patents in 2008 and 2010 and they saved them until now to use against Apple. Sounds like HTC is desperate and is going “all in.” It sure would be nice if the article included a summary of the patents so that we could get a feel for just how outlandish (or legitimate) HTC’s new claims of infringement might be.
Honestly, what recourse is left to Google, HTC, or anyone else? Either they throw in the towel, or they try to wriggle out of their conflicts with Apple’s patents and trade/dress by scrounging up a few patent disputes of their own, no matter how pathetic. Their only hope is to fight a desperate battle in the courts to stretch things out and give them a chance to find any possible counter or workaround to Apple’s position of strength. If they can scrounge up enough crud and sow enough confusion in the courts, then they just might find a way to minimize or even avoid the penalties.
modulating an analogue signal with data? Did they patent speaking?
HTC and the cloners are all desperate.
My patent:
A means to generate revene through the liberal application of convoluted and incomprehensible legalese!
Believe it or not other phone makers have patents besides Apple. This is exactly what I forecast weeks ago when Apple tossed the first turd. As I said a few days ago the fat lady is just beginning to warm up. She ain’t sung yet. There’s more to come. So fanboys, get your head out of your asses and sit back and watch Apple’s cash reserve evaporate into the hands of greedy defense shysters.
You have such a crude, low rent style of expression. It might border on engaging if it weren’t for the fact it’s so cliche-ridden and vague.
Your opening statement is the one coherent exception. Did you expect anyone to disagree with it?
What came first the CHICKEN or the EGG?
a SMARTPHONE requires an OPERATING SYETEM…
was it ANDROID or XCODE (iOS)?
Buying up patents in the arena of cellular is key for the long term battle. Apple needs these just as much as any other company. If not, then owner of such rights shall block and deny your progress in favour of the other system. As said, Apple doe not own these technologies. They merely created a brilliant Phone with Easy-of-use.
NOW what makes this iPhone tick – yes It’s OS.
And what does the competitors phone use… android – so openly or not so openly (in development) Google allowed companies like Microsoft to add code to battle Apples’ iOS.
Only Googles Alliance has the ability to maintain the course of things as they are, yet all is in question – the alliance is falling. Royalties and patents under the hood of ANDROID have not been regulated. FREE DOES not NECESSARILY WORK. Where as, Apple has been paying its DUES for the use of those needed technologies it does not own. Payment made to the rightful owners. If Apple wishes to actually rule the universe then WHY would it allow ROCKSTAR to share the NORTEL pool? Do you think GOOGLE would have no – its stated that Microsoft asked to join Google together in the bid but Google refused. Google is out to destroy where I remain to see Apple is defending its baby.
hahahahahah – what a joke!
Oooops – we added the WIFI feature with out asking HTC that just bought those PATENTS. Lol!!!!
COME ON – APPLE didn’t pay the USER FEE for adding the feature – BS.
The latter alleged infringements of three patents obtained in 2008 and 2010, and which relate to Wi-Fi capability and other functions. It seeks compensatory damages as well as triple damages for willful infringement.
HTC = Ludicrous on the level of a child. 😆
These tards are becoming ridiculus!